Cem Özgüzel
Research Fellow, Paris School of Economics & Sorbonne Economics Centre
Cem Özgüzel is a Research Fellow at the Paris School of Economics and Sorbonne Economics Centre. He is an applied economist with research interests in international migration, labour markets and regional economics. Across various projects, he studies the interaction between these elements, both at the macro and micro level, across different country contexts, using restrictive social security and linked employer-employee data. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Galatasaray University, an M.A. in Applied Economics from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and a PhD in economics from the Paris School of Economics.
Recent work by Cem Özgüzel
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How remote work can broaden recruitment and boost productivity
Using detailed data from a major call centre in Turkey, we find that a permanent shift to fully remote work boosts recruitment and productivity without harming service quality. Not only did this increase the share of female and small-town workers, bu...
Published 23.07.25
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Migration and post-conflict reconstruction
The return of Yugoslavian refugees from Germany in the 1990s explains the stronger performance of exports to the rest of the world in industries where they were employed while abroad
Published 09.09.19